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  2. CORONATION NOTES.

    The main thoroughfares of London are today bristling with advertisements offering seats from which to view the Coronation. The sale of Coronation seats date back to a ...

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  3. VICTORIA.

    The will of Mr. John Alexander Davies, late of Hawthorn, miller, has been lodged for probate. The deceased left £10,625 to his widow. ...

    Article : 210 words
  4. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    The State Premier (Mr. Irvine) was not expected to disclose his reform policy today, when the National Citizens' League waited on him, and urged him to adopt the ...

    Article : 515 words
  5. THE KING.

    King Edward and Queen Alexandra were the guests of Mr. J. H. Choate, American Ambassador to Great Britain, at a dinner given last evening. ...

    Article : 39 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    Darling and Noble have decided to take part in the test match to be started to-day at Lord's. The Australians will, however, be without the assistance of Trumble, who ...

    Article : 125 words
  7. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    The conference of the council of Chambers of Commerce of the Commonwealth was resumed to-day. Mr. J. Russell French presiding. ...

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  8. THE BONUS BILL.

    Some vigorous debating took place in the House of Representatives to-day on the Bonus Bill. The Labor members sought to have the Bill referred to a Select Committee ...

    Article : 737 words
  9. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The work of organising the Federal public service is now being seriously taken in hand by the Commissioner (Mr. D. C. McLachlan). No appointments of inspectors will ...

    Article : 108 words
  10. CHINESE AFFAIRS.

    The consideration of the 12½ per cent. depreciation in the value of the tael, which has had the effect of increasing the indemnity due by China to the Powers by 300,000 ...

    Article : 83 words
  11. DEFENCE EXPENDITURE.

    At last the acting-Minister of Defence (Sir Wm. Lyne) has in complete form the defence retrenchment proposals submitted by the military commandant and the ...

    Article : 220 words
  12. MISS FLORA SHAW.

    The marriage of Sir Frederick Lugard, High Commissioner of Northern Nigeria, and Miss Flora Shaw, the well-known travelling correspondent of the "Times," who ...

    Article : 48 words
  13. AUSTRALIANS AT THE CORONATION.

    The Baroness Burdett-Coutts has invited the members of the Australian Eleven to witness the Coronation procession from her house in Piccadilly, which is on the route ...

    Article : 79 words
  14. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.

    Mr. Rennick (engineer for railways construction), has returned to Melbourne after inspecting the Sydney and Brisbane electric tramway systems. He holds the opinion ...

    Article : 133 words
  15. PLAGUE AT DUNKIRK.

    Two deaths from plague have occurred aboard the steamer City of Perth, from Calcutta, while quarantined at Dunkirk. Other cases are under treatment. ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. MR. BARTON IN ROME.

    Mr. Barton, the Commonwealth Prime Minister, and Sir John Forrest, Minister for Defence, who are now visiting Italy en route for the Coronation celebrations in ...

    Article : 130 words
  17. SUGAR BOUNTIES ABOLITION.

    The Bill introduced into the German Reichstag sanctioning the agreement adopted at the Brussels Conference, by which all direct and indirect bounties on sugar are ...

    Article : 69 words
  18. PORT MELBOURNE PIER.

    There ure already two proposals before the Standing Railway Committee to increase the Port Melbourne pier accommodation. One is to construct a new pier ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. PROTECTION FOR MACHINERY.

    The secretary of the Protectionist Association has received a letter from an importing Australian machinery firm in reply to a circular issued recently by the ...

    Article : 131 words
  20. TWO SUICIDES.

    A married woman, Sarah Wilkinson, who lived apart from her husband, drowned herself in a waterhole at Mentone yesterday. She left £100 in the Sayings Bank. A ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. THE INDIAN MONSOON.

    The drought which has occasioned so much distress in India is now at an end, the monsoon having broken. ...

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  22. THE KENNEL CLUB SHOW.

    The following additional awards were made to-day in connection with the Victorian dog and poultry show:—The president's trophy, for best team of dogs of any ...

    Article : 126 words
  23. A TERRIBLE TORNADO.

    A terrible tornado has swept over the Lakepark district of Minnesota (U.S.A.), leaving behind it a devastated tract three miles long and two miles wide. Ten ...

    Article : 140 words
  24. AN ITALIAN BRIGAND.

    The Italian brigand Musolino, in the capture of whom two regiments of soldiers, together with "Carabinieri" and policemen innumerable, were engaged for some 18 ...

    Article : 69 words
  25. MILITARY SUPPLIES.

    The following telegram was received by the president of the South Australian Chamber of Manufactures (Mr. L. P. Lawrence), with reference to the tenders called ...

    Article : 341 words
  26. AN ALIEN IMMIGRANT.

    A native of India, who has been in Australia for four months, but who does not care to say how he arrived here, was sent to gaol to-day for four weeks for being, ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. A SCHOONER WRECKED.

    Botany Heads, the scene of the recent collision between the steamers Dunmore and Kelloe witnessed another shipping disaster early this morning, the coasting schooner ...

    Article : 755 words
  28. MR. ARTHUR LYNCH.

    Mr. Arthur Lynch, who served as colonel of the Second Irish Brigade in South Africa on the Boer side, and has since been elected to the House of Commons as the ...

    Article : 217 words
  29. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Another case of plague occurred to-day, the patient being Eva Bridges, aged 15, residing at Morehead-street, Waterloo. She was employed in a boot factory in Eliza[?] ...

    Article : 48 words
  30. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Philp to-day promised a deputation of commercial men that the Government would this session introduce legislation to amend the insolvency laws. ...

    Article : 89 words
  31. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 14 words
  32. A CLERGYMAN CHARGED WITH PERJURY.

    At the Orange Police Court to-day the Rev. Matthew Walker again appeared, in answer to an information charging him with having committed perjury at the Orange ...

    Article : 49 words
  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Ritchie (secretary to the Agricultural Department) says that the quantity of damaged wheat in the colony has been over-estimated. He points out that the ...

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  34. BROKEN HILL.

    Mr. W. J. Player yesterday won the Gun Club's competition for a Cashmore gun. He was followed up by Messrs. A. J. Hall and G. Bartlett. Mr. Player won three out of ...

    Article : 61 words
  35. FREE PASSES ON RAILWAYS.

    The Minister of Railways informed a deputation who desired free passes for persons attending technical colleges that he had decided to abolish the free list. The ...

    Article : 100 words
  36. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    The debate on the censure motion drage wearily along in the Assembly, and the Government seem determined to push for a division before the House adjourns, but it ...

    Article : 164 words
  37. MAIL STEAMERS AT FREMANTLE.

    The R.M.S. Omrah arrived from London at 6 a.m., with the following passengers in the saloon:— For Fremantle—Messrs. J. Rogers, Gray, ...

    Article : 370 words
  38. NEW COMPANIES.

    The Central Queensland Meat Company has been registered, with a capital of £150,000. The object of the company is to acquire the business of the Central Meat ...

    Article : 65 words
  39. THE PRUSSIAN POLES.

    The Kaiser's, speech at Marienberg, in Prussia, justifying the treatment of the Poles by the Prussian authorities, and declaring that Polish arrogance was ...

    Article : 59 words
  40. THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

    The Melbourne "Age" remarks:—"Ministers will have to exercise considerable care in the selection of persons to fill the positions of inspectors under the Federal ...

    Article : 119 words
  41. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The election for the Claremont division of the Legislative Assembly to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Sayer having accepted the position of Parliamentary ...

    Article : 241 words
  42. FIRES IN LONDON.

    It transpires that the absence of proper appliances for rescue, through which many lives were [?]acrificed in the fire which destroyed the General Electric Lighting ...

    Article : 94 words
  43. FEDERAL ALLOWANCES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 256 words
  44. SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE UNEMPLOYED.

    The Governor-General sent for Mr. J. W. Fleming (secretary of the unemployed) today, and told him that he desired each family at present in want and destitution, ...

    Article : 184 words
  45. THE CAPE LOAN.

    The Cape Colony 3 per cent. loan of £3,000,000, which was issued at a minimum of £96, has been covered twice over. ...

    Article : 30 words
  46. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Fruit.—The Oroya's Tasmanian apples have arrived in fair condition, but some were frozen. The market has improved with the colder weather. The prices ...

    Article : 81 words
  47. Advertising

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